Pelophila

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Nebriinae
Tribus: Pelophilini
Genus: Pelophila
Species: P. borealis – P. rudis
Name

Pelophila Dejean, 1821: 7

Type species: Carabus borealis Paykull, 1790, fixed by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1821. Catalogue de la collection de coléoptères de M. le Baron Dejean. Crevot, Paris. viii + 138 + [2] pp. BHL Reference page. [original description: p. 7]

Additional references

Kavanaugh, D.H. 1996: Phylogenetic relationships of genus Pelophila Dejean to other basal grade Carabidae (Coleoptera). Annales zoologici fennici, 33: 31–37. ISSN: 0003-455X PDF

Links

Ground beetles of the genus Pelophila (Carabidae): atlas of beetles of Russia

Pelophila is a genus of beetles in the ground beetle family, containing the following species:[1]

Pelophila borealis (Paykull, 1790)
Pelophila rudis LeConte, 1863

References

"Pelophila Dejean, 1826: 262". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.